Saturday, May 4, 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019
Slow Turkey
I'm not exactly obsessed with Slow Turkey's commercials, but I must admit I am fascinated by him. There is something about his movements that are absolute replications of the way a turkey moves. Of course, turkeys don't mow the lawn, for example, but if they did, this is how they would do it.
The other day I had driven to Lowe's to buy mice provisions (for their demise), and on the way home, as I crested a curve on Farm to Market Road, there before me in the road was Slow Turkey. He was crossing from the left side of the highway, and taking the slowest, most deliberate steps that only a turkey can take, one foot before the other. I beeped the horn, and that turkey speeded up, just as in the commercial, a sight to behold.
Yesterday, we visited Dave in VHV, and in the interest of conversation, I took a chance and asked him if he'd seen the Slow Turkey commercials. He instantly smiled and said, "Yes, it's very clever." And that it is---clever.
The other day I had driven to Lowe's to buy mice provisions (for their demise), and on the way home, as I crested a curve on Farm to Market Road, there before me in the road was Slow Turkey. He was crossing from the left side of the highway, and taking the slowest, most deliberate steps that only a turkey can take, one foot before the other. I beeped the horn, and that turkey speeded up, just as in the commercial, a sight to behold.
Yesterday, we visited Dave in VHV, and in the interest of conversation, I took a chance and asked him if he'd seen the Slow Turkey commercials. He instantly smiled and said, "Yes, it's very clever." And that it is---clever.
VHV
Daily rate for private room is $335 and $315 for semi-private room. VA stipend is $108 per day. Daily rate for private pay is then $227 and $207.
Annual rate: 365 x 207= $75,555 and 365 x 227 =$82,855
(Miracles do happen.)
Annual rate: 365 x 207= $75,555 and 365 x 227 =$82,855
(Miracles do happen.)
Thursday, May 2, 2019
A la Rodents: Forewarned is Forearmed
The Cub Cadet is in for repairs--again. The problem is chewed wiring--again. I appreciate all living things, but necessity rules.
The mice have their options. (1) They can be repelled. Who knew peppermint odor could be so overpowering. Plus, a Brillo pad placed on the engine discourages them, I'm told. I'm not so sure. 2) They can taste of peanut butter, and be caught in a trap. (3) They can eat of the little toxic bricklets, even take them to their nests and do away with the family.,
Yes, I know it's cruel. (All but the repellent, though my eyes and nose are still watering just from opening the outer pack.) But the usual cost for their nibbling has been $300 to $400. and this year probably more, as the shop charges pickup and delivery. So mice, Fair Warning, followed by death.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Parse this...
...from a recent TV ad: "People think they have more time than they do. But they don't." Does that make sense?
Retina Analogy Update
Okay, the retina is the thin layer of tissue that lines the back of the eye, near the optic nerve. The retina receives light that the lens has focused, and sends the neural signal to the brain.
Way back when, during ophthalmologic training, the students were taught, or at least encouraged, to explain how we see by using the analogy of a camera, citing lens and film, etc.
Probably those ophthalmologists will continue to cite this age-worn analogy, until a majority of their patients admit they don't get the reference: "What the heck is camera film anyway?"
Medical training seems to have been hard-wired in the brains of its students, maybe because they paid a hefty price for their store of knowledge. Case in point is three separate neurologists using the exact word example to assess a patient's memory capacity: "Spell "world" and now, spell "world" backwards."
I had the thought, after the second instance, that if I were ever administered the assessment, I would spell "whirled" but that occasion never came up, not yet anyway.
Way back when, during ophthalmologic training, the students were taught, or at least encouraged, to explain how we see by using the analogy of a camera, citing lens and film, etc.
Probably those ophthalmologists will continue to cite this age-worn analogy, until a majority of their patients admit they don't get the reference: "What the heck is camera film anyway?"
Medical training seems to have been hard-wired in the brains of its students, maybe because they paid a hefty price for their store of knowledge. Case in point is three separate neurologists using the exact word example to assess a patient's memory capacity: "Spell "world" and now, spell "world" backwards."
I had the thought, after the second instance, that if I were ever administered the assessment, I would spell "whirled" but that occasion never came up, not yet anyway.
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